Last paragraph in FM file cannot be modified

[Pat Christenson]

This has happened to me a few times. I've deleted the paragraph in  
MIF and it worked fine.

Pat Christenson

On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Roy Lewis wrote:

> FM8 running on Win XP.
>
> On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last  
> summer, I have noticed that the last paragraph in the fm file  
> cannot have its properties modified nor can the paragraph be  
> deleted. By modifing properties I mean that I cannot change the tag  
> name or any properties. It is like the paragraph itself is locked.
> Unfornately the properties of the tag are causing other issues in  
> the document dealing with header and footers.
> All I really want to do is to delete the paragraph, that would  
> solve the problem, but it cannot be deleted. Other parts of the  
> document can be easily edited without issue, it is just the very  
> last paragraph. The other odd behavior I see is that being the last  
> paragraph it is not showing the section sign text symbol like I  
> have seen in every other Framemaker file.
> I have tried Wash via MIF with no success.
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how this might have happened or  
> how I can go about fixing it?
> Thanks,
> Roy
>
>
>
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Last paragraph in FM file cannot be modified

[David Schor]

Roy,

Have you tried isolating the last paragraph on the last page of the file and
then deleting the last page?

HTH,
David
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On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Roy Lewis  wrote:

> FM8 running on Win XP.
>
> On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last summer, I
> have noticed that the last paragraph in the fm file cannot have its
> properties modified nor can the paragraph be deleted. By modifing properties
> I mean that I cannot change the tag name or any properties. It is like the
> paragraph itself is locked.
> Unfornately the properties of the tag are causing other issues in the
> document dealing with header and footers.
> All I really want to do is to delete the paragraph, that would solve the
> problem, but it cannot be deleted. Other parts of the document can be easily
> edited without issue, it is just the very last paragraph. The other odd
> behavior I see is that being the last paragraph it is not showing the
> section sign text symbol like I have seen in every other Framemaker file.
> I have tried Wash via MIF with no success.
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how this might have happened or how I
> can go about fixing it?
> Thanks,
> Roy
>
>
>
>
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Auto-Numbering Problem

[Ed Lightle]

David,

Thanks for the simplified examples.  They work!  Of course, I'd also
like to thank all the other people who provided similar information and
schooled me at little on this topic ;>)

Sincerely,

Ed Lightle 
Sr. Technical Writer 
Command Alkon
+1-614-799-0600 EXT. 5225
www.commandalkon.com

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:51:54 -0500
From: "David Creamer" 
To: 
Subject: RE: Auto-Numbering Problem 
Message-ID: <008101cba140$22fa77d0$68ef6770$@com>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"

Create 3 styles:
Step1
Step
Step_sub

(the actual naming is up to you)

Autonumbering per style is:
Step 1
N:.\t

Step
N:.\t

Step_sub
N:< >)\t

You do not need a "reset counter" for the substep.

Download this file for examples of various numbering examples:


David Creamer
of IDEAS Training & Consultation
http://www.IDEAStraining.com
Over 20 years Publishing, 16 years Web, and 12 years Video experience

I am using the following auto-numbering scheme and can get the
"numbering" to pick up where it left off after using auto-numbers a),
b), c),...  Here is an example of what I get:

1. First step...
2. Second step...
3. Third step...
a)  First substep
b)  Second substep
c)  Third substep
5.  (Should be 4th step)

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Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

[Tina Ricks]

Hi everyone,



Frame version: 8.0p277

Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5



I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)



GiantPDF.pdf

Attachments

Filename.pps

Filename_2.pps



(etc. etc.)



In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:



Special > Hypertext

Command: Message Client

Syntax box:

Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps



(this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
several internet resources)



On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
structure elsewhere on my computer and things work. 



When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
find the PPS files. Why?



All internal links within the PDF work fine.



What am I doing wrong?



Would love any assistance.



Tina Ricks





Tina Ricks | Managing Editor | Trial Guides

Tina at trialguides dot com

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cell: 503.890.5536

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Last paragraph in FM file cannot be modified

[Chris Despopoulos]

This is so wierd, because this JUST happened to me last night.  Indeed, it's a 
Word document opened in Maker.  For my situation, it happened to the PGF that 
follows a text inset...  once in a table cell, so it was the last pgf in the 
flow, and another time in the middle of the document.

I found that if I inserted a bunch of pgfs in front of the dodgy one (hit 
return 
a few times), I could then modify the format for those pgfs.  Then, if I 
deledet 
up from the bad one, it took the formatting of the previous pgfs.  So that 
fixed 
the problem for me.

Very odd, and scary.  The usual MIF washing didn't have any effect.  I was 
scared that maybe the file was corrupt, but I think I can trust it.  Time will 
tell...



This has happened to me a few times. I've deleted the paragraph in  
MIF and it worked fine.

Pat Christenson

On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Roy Lewis wrote:

> FM8 running on Win XP.
>
> On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last  
> summer, I have noticed that the last paragraph in the fm file  
> cannot have its properties modified nor can the paragraph be  
> deleted. By modifing properties I mean that I cannot change the tag  
> name or any properties. It is like the paragraph itself is locked.
> Unfornately the properties of the tag are causing other issues in  
> the document dealing with header and footers.
> All I really want to do is to delete the paragraph, that would  
> solve the problem, but it cannot be deleted. Other parts of the  
> document can be easily edited without issue, it is just the very  
> last paragraph. The other odd behavior I see is that being the last  
> paragraph it is not showing the section sign text symbol like I  
> have seen in every other Framemaker file.
> I have tried Wash via MIF with no success.
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how this might have happened or  
> how I can go about fixing it?
> Thanks,
> Roy

Re: Last paragraph in FM file cannot be modified

[David Schor]

Roy,

Have you tried isolating the last paragraph on the last page of the file and
then deleting the last page?

HTH,
David
-- 
David Schor
Technical Writer and Documentation Developer
Mobile:  054 478 8253
d ave...@smile.net.il
dsch...@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschortw



On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Roy Lewis  wrote:

> FM8 running on Win XP.
>
> On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last summer, I
> have noticed that the last paragraph in the fm file cannot have its
> properties modified nor can the paragraph be deleted. By modifing properties
> I mean that I cannot change the tag name or any properties. It is like the
> paragraph itself is locked.
> Unfornately the properties of the tag are causing other issues in the
> document dealing with header and footers.
> All I really want to do is to delete the paragraph, that would solve the
> problem, but it cannot be deleted. Other parts of the document can be easily
> edited without issue, it is just the very last paragraph. The other odd
> behavior I see is that being the last paragraph it is not showing the
> section sign text symbol like I have seen in every other Framemaker file.
> I have tried Wash via MIF with no success.
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how this might have happened or how I
> can go about fixing it?
> Thanks,
> Roy
>
>
>
>
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RE: Auto-Numbering Problem

[Ed Lightle]

David,

Thanks for the simplified examples.  They work!  Of course, I'd also
like to thank all the other people who provided similar information and
schooled me at little on this topic ;>)

Sincerely,

Ed Lightle 
Sr. Technical Writer 
Command Alkon
+1-614-799-0600 EXT. 5225
www.commandalkon.com

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:51:54 -0500
From: "David Creamer" 
To: 
Subject: RE: Auto-Numbering Problem 
Message-ID: <008101cba140$22fa77d0$68ef67...@com>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"

Create 3 styles:
Step1
Step
Step_sub

(the actual naming is up to you)

Autonumbering per style is:
Step 1
N:.\t

Step
N:.\t

Step_sub
N:< >)\t

You do not need a "reset counter" for the substep.

Download this file for examples of various numbering examples:


David Creamer
of IDEAS Training & Consultation
http://www.IDEAStraining.com
Over 20 years Publishing, 16 years Web, and 12 years Video experience

I am using the following auto-numbering scheme and can get the
"numbering" to pick up where it left off after using auto-numbers a),
b), c),...  Here is an example of what I get:

1. First step...
2. Second step...
3. Third step...
a)  First substep
b)  Second substep
c)  Third substep
5.  (Should be 4th step)

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